[Tweeters] Uping my game - a different perspective ...

[Jim Betz via Tweeters]

Hi all,

   So I have a new perspective on this topic.  I don't simply want to 
hear and see more

birds - I also want them to be "near enough to photograph" because that 
is my

primary interest.

   Again, what I do is to walk, stop, listen (including with Sound ID), 
and look for birds.

In general I don't have my binoculars with me and rely upon my camera as 
my 'binos'.

Only when my wife and I are out together do I normally have the binos 
(because she

has hers).

   Let me be clear - it is not the 'technical aspects' of bird 
photography that I want/need

to get better at ... it's being able to get opportunities to take 
pictures of the birds.  I

think that means I need to be able to get close enough for pictures more 
often.  Yes,

I know about being patient and waiting for the opportunities - and do that.

   Sometimes I have been able to anticipate the bird and when that 
happens I get

some incredible shots.

   I don't know if this is important or not (but I think it is) ... I 
always have more

opportunities when we are birding with a guide (professional or not).


   Does this new aspect make any changes in your recommendations of what 
I should

be working on?

- Jim